Draft:Mohammed Adel Fakhro

Mohamed bin Adel Fakhro (born 1978) is a Bahraini businessman and the owner of MBA Fakhro Group. He is a descendant of two of the most prominent business families (Abdulla Yousif Fakhro Group and YK Almoayyed & Sons) in the Kingdom of Bahrain. He is associated with several businesses as a Founder, Owner, Director, Chairman, Shareholder, and Vice Chairman.

Early Life
Mohamed bin Adel Fakhro (Mo Fakhro) was born in 1978 in Muharraq, Bahrain. His parents hail from Bahrain’s greatest business families. His mother, Mona Yousif Almoayyed, is the Managing Director of YK Almoayyed & Sons. His father, Adel Abdullah Fakhro, is the head of Abdullah Yousif Fakhro Group. He was brought up in Farouk Garden, Manama.

Education
Mo Fakhro did his schooling in Ibn Khuldoon National School. He graduated high school with distinction in 1996. He was an excellent pupil in Physics, Mathematics, and Economics, with top 1% scores in SATs and APs. After completing schooling, he went to the United States for higher studies. Mo was accepted to Cornell University for a combined Electrical Engineering and Economics major. After his freshman year, he was accepted to Stanford University in 1997.

Mo Fakhro graduated with a B.A. Arts with honors from Stanford University in June 2000. He is the first Bahrain national to receive an undergraduate degree from Stanford University.

Career
As part of building his career goals, Mo Fakhro became an entrepreneur in his family business ventures and self-owned businesses. He joined his family business units from Bahrain and set up operations for various domains abroad. Of these, the first one was a software company in Boston, Massachusetts. He also took up car rental business and restaurant operations from the Bahrain region.

Mo Fakhro’s leadership led the car rental company to grow from 1000 cars in one country to 3500 cars in three countries. He presides over a restaurant business that employs staff members in over 20 restaurants in three countries. He is the head of an outdoor media business with popular demand and activities. He is an advocate for employing innovative business practices and technological advances in Bahrain’s work environment.

Mo Fakhro is a pioneer who managed to launch the concepts of SMS marketing, online jobs portal, and eCommerce actions to the Bahrain business landscape. He is credited with expanding his business projects to multiple countries like India, the United States, GCC, and the Middle East countries. He is active in property and real estate businesses, investment funds, SaaS products, health and fitness units, and various internet-related projects.

Of all the family and personal business projects, his primary focus is on headlining the global financial services firm, MBA Fakhro. With a mission to build company branches across the planet, Mo is leading MBA Fakhro to work from regions like the GCC, India, the USA, and China.

Mo Fakhro leads an ambitious Internet marketing operations platform that caters its services to regions like the Middle East, Africa, and India.

Board Memberships

 * Owner of MBA Fakhro Group
 * Shareholder & Director of Parent Company, Subsidiaries, and Associates at YK Almoayyed & Sons
 * Shareholder & Director of Parent Company, Subsidiaries, and Associates at Abdullah Yousif Fakhro Group
 * Vice Chairman and Shareholder at Adel Fakhro & Sons
 * Director & Shareholder at Mona Almoayyed Investments
 * Director at Lotus Investment Company
 * Owner of Leland Group
 * Owner of Odyssey Group
 * Chairman & Shareholder at Suncity Ventures
 * Owner of Del Mar Group
 * Owner of Fakhro Industries
 * Owner of Cosmos Group
 * Chairman & Owner at Infinite Loop
 * Owner of Phoenix Rising Group
 * Business Development Director at Go International
 * Owner of Cardinal Group
 * Owner of The Very Small Group
 * Owner of Mirage Group
 * Managing Director of Fakhro Motors
 * Board of Directors at the Labour Fund (2015 - 2023)

Awards & Honors

 * Youngest member at Bahrain Chamber of Commerce & Industry
 * Member of Young Presidents' Organization

Personal Life
Mo Fakhro married Dahouk in 2012, and the couple have three children. He is active in community service. Some of the projects in which he is involved as a member or volunteer are Stanford Alumni, IKNS, Rotary Club, etc. His brother Abdulla Adel Fakhro is the current minister of Industry and Commerce of Bahrain.